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Another podium result for Begg-Smith

22/1/2010

 
Dale Begg-Smith has completed the pre-Olympic World Cup mogul skiing season with yet another podium, claiming silver in Lake Placid.

The AIS mogul skier collected 25.95 points from the judges to finish behind Guilbaut Colas on 26.51, the second consecutive time the Frenchman has edged out the Torino 2006 Olympic champion.

Both skiers were rated equally on turns, earning 14.2 out of a possible 15 points, but Colas was the quickest down the New York State course.

Swede Jesper Bjoernlund took the bronze medal with 25.44 points, while Begg-Smith's AIS team-mate Sam Hall finished in 39th place on 19.85 points.

"Dale skied very well today, excellent technically and in clear control with strong jumps, and he was fast," said Olympic Winter Institute CEO Geoff Lipshut.

"All in all it was a very good day. Dale qualified in third, and had great feel throughout the event."

"A few days' recovery and then the pre-Olympic training camp comes at a good time for Dale, after five World Cup events in just under two weeks."

Begg-Smith leads the World Cup standings on 555 points from Bjoernlund on 412, while Colas, who missed the first two events of the season, is in third position on 370 points.

Begg-Smith on podium again

17/1/2010

 
Australia's mogul skiing star Dale Begg-Smith has continued his sparkling form, claiming the silver medal in the second of two World Cup events in Deer Valley, Utah.

The AIS 24-year-old took things easy in the qualifying round, finishing in sixth place, but then stepped it up in the final to make his fourth podium in a row.

Following the event, Begg-Smith donated his second place prize money to the Haitian relief effort.

"I'm glad to be able to make this donation to the Haitian relief effort," Begg-Smith said.

"The devastation and trauma that these people have endured is horrific."

"Hopefully we can collectively band together as a society to help in the recovery efforts."

French skier Guilbaut Colas collected the Deer Valley victory, his first for the season, with 26.80 points, 0.59 points ahead of the Australian.

Defending World Cup champion Alexandre Bilodeau of Canada rounded out the minor medals on 25.95 points.

"Dale was quite conservative in qualifying," said Olympic Winter Institute CEO Geoff Lipshut.

"Then he put down a very good run in the final after swapping lanes just before it."

"He was very fast, very clean, and it was a great effort to get second. It just shows his great adaptability."

The result stretched Begg-Smith's lead on the World Cup standings, his 475 points putting him 123 clear of nearest rival, Jesper Bjoernlund of Sweden.

Colas, who looms as a serious medal threat in Vancouver after claiming silver in the opening Deer Valley event, is in third place, despite missing the season's opening two World Cups.

NSWIS athlete Matt Graham was in 27th position, an impressive pb performance in just his second World Cup appearance, while Begg-Smith's AIS team-mate Sam Hall finished in 35th place.

NSWIS skiers David Graham and Hugh Norton were in 38th and 53rd places respectively.

In the women's event, 15-year-old NSWIS skier Britteny Cox was also impressive, finishing in 29th place in her second World Cup event.

Team-mate Sarah Melville was two places further back, while Nicole Parks (33rd), Roanna Humphries (34th) and Taylah O'Neill (42nd) were also in action.

Begg-Smith makes it three in a row

15/1/2010

 
Dale Begg-Smith has continued his remarkable Vancouver preparation, winning a third straight moguls skiing World Cup event.

Competing in the first of two events scheduled on the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic course in Deer Valley, Begg-Smith lifted his performance level once again, scoring 26.42 points from the judges, 0.64 ahead of silver medallist Guilbaut Colas of France on 25.48 points.

Dmitry Reiherd of Kazakhstan collected the bronze medal with 25.10 points.

Begg-Smith was in awesome form, collecting the highest turns score, the second best jump points and recording the second fastest time down the Utah course that put him out of last season's World Cup with a leg injury.

"Dale is really solid at the moment," said OWI team physiotherapist Peter Hogg.

"And he's doing a good job of maintaining his health in the process."

"As of right now, everything is going really well."

On the World Cup standings, Begg-Smith has now amassed 395 points from his five events, 69 points clear of his nearest rival, Swedish skier Jesper Bjoernlund, gold medallist in the opening two events of the season.

Defending World Cup champion Alexandre Bilodeau is in third place on 205 points, after finishing in 39th place.

Missing from the Deer Valley action was Australia's number two mogul skier Ramone Cooper, ruled out of the event and out of the Vancouver 2010 Games following a major knee injury sustained in training the previous day.

The Perisher Blue 21-year-old had started the season with a ninth placing, the second top ten of his career, and was looking forward to a strong performance at the Games.

"I was holding onto a glimmer of hope that it was not as bad as first thought," Cooper said.

"But the MRI results show a torn PCL (posterior cruciate ligament), partial MCL (medial collateral ligament) tear, a partial lateral meniscus tear, another tear on something I'm not sure of, and bone bruising."

"I'm extremely devastated."

Fellow AIS skier Sam Hall finished in 40th place on 19.68 points, while NSWIS athletes Matt Graham, David Graham and Hugh Norton filled 41st, 48th and 56th place respectively.

NSWIS female mogul skiers were also in the Deer Valley line-up, with Nicole Parks producing the best result, a 31st placing, one spot ahead of Sarah Melville.

Britteny Cox was in 34th position, Taylah O'Neill 38th and Roanna Humphries 41st.

Back-to-back victories lift Begg-Smith to number one

10/1/2010

 
Dale Begg-Smith has skied to his second World Cup victory in two days, reclaiming the world number one ranking in the process.

The Torino 2006 Olympic champion delivered an outstanding performance, posting the highest turns score and racing down the Calgary course in 21.90 seconds, half a second ahead of any of the other 16 finalists.

He was also rated third for his jumps.

Begg-Smith collected 25.25 points from the judges, 0.55 ahead of defending World Cup champion Alexandre Bilodeau of Canada.

Russia's Alexandr Smyshlyaev took the bronze on 24.42 points.

"That was a great performance today," said Olympic Winter Institute CEO Geoff Lipshut.

"He had fantastic speed and to be able to come back to top line like this less than 12 months after major surgery is just a wonderful effort."

The back-to back victories now have the AIS skier at the top of the world rankings, a position he occupied for three consecutive years before injuring his knee in January 2009.

Begg-Smith has amassed 295 points from the season's four events, 14 points ahead of Sweden's Jesper Bjoernlund.

Bilodeau is in third position on 205 points.

Begg-Smith's AIS team-mate Ramone Cooper struggled with some lower leg soreness and placed 27th while World Cup rookie Sam Hall finished in 32nd position.

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